Readers Write: The jets continue to soar
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Editor:
We awoke to jets flying over our house this morning. We went to the Nature Center and had a wonderful hike accompanied by pretty much non-stop jets, now I am in my studio, jets galore.
Tonight our sleep will probably be to the sound of jets flying through the night.
This started in 2017 when the routes were changed by the FAA to go directly over Idy. I hope Quiet Skies Idyllwild can get somewhere with the FAA to change the jet paths to what they were in 2017.
Peter Davison
Idyllwild
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